Jimmy Carter knew from a young age he would go to the U.S. Naval Academy. The former president, who grew up in a small farming town in Georgia, said he would have been happy succeeding his father ...

As one of the public address announcers during Jimmy Carter’s inaugural parade, I was told — owing to the similarities between the president-elect’s name, James Earl Carter Jr., and that of ...

Two years out of Annapolis, a young officer in the Navy was up on the tower of a submarine during a horrible storm. He later became the 39th president.

Long before becoming a peanut farmer or entering politics, James Earl Carter Jr. began his adult life in the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. Jimmy Carter's military service would not ...

Former president and first lady Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter had a 77-year-long marriage that inspired millions. What made their ...

Though the son of a successful peanut farmer, Carter grew up without electricity or running water just outside Plains, Georgia. He won admission to the Naval Academy, and while at Annapolis ...

The Carters were married for 77 years until Rosalynn died on Nov. 19, 2023. Jimmy Carter died on Dec. 29, 2024, nearly three months after he celebrated his 100th birthday. The couple are buried next ...

Former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter weren't supposed to go on their first date. On a Sunday night in 1945, Jimmy Carter, on a break from the U.S. Naval Academy in ...

In 2010, the Carters helped build homes in Annapolis and on Baltimore’s East Side. Moulden, a retired HVAC technician for the state, remembers how impressed he was by Carter’s construction skills.